M3

I thought I would write a DIY on adding a carbon fiber spoiler to my E92 M3. There are plenty of threads on the forums and some YouTube videos, but most have image links that have expired and mostly show the beginning and after with none of the trials and…

The E30 M3 is one of the best homologated race cars ever made. Meaning BMW built a street car to sell to customers just so it could qualify an awesome car for motorsport. This meant wins all over the world in touring car and even a few in rally despite…

Maybe you’ve heard. Late last year (2014), the National Corvette Museum (NCM) opened its own race track: a nearly 3.2 mile road course in its longest configuration in the Corvette’s hometown of Bowling Green, Kentucky. And, it’s pretty awesome. With some 20 turns in its Grand Full course lay-out it…

Your 2002 is slow. Sure it might have an S14 swap and boast the power to weight ratio of a M3 but its still slow. Oh yours is street legal? So is this one! And its rocking a small block Chevy, a ford 9″ and Mickey Thompson’s out back. Your 2002…

For the last few years, we have attended this event at the Brisbane Marina, just south of San Francisco. Its probably the best organized car show I have been too, especially for a show dedicated to a single model. And for BMW, the 2002 really is the iconic car they…

BMW Team RLL will with a commemorative livery on both BMW Z4 GTLM machines at the 63rd Annual 12 Hours of Sebring this Saturday, March 21st. The race marks the 40th anniversary of BMW’s first major sports car race victory in the US. BMW Team RLL will run a special livery…

My friends at Zima Motorsports just released a new downpipe for the M3/M4 BMW. Now that BMWs are turbocharged, one of the best mods you can do is to put on a better flowing downpipe. But before we get into Zima’s new product, lets ask the basic question. What’s a…

Ari Vatanen is widely considered one of the best rally drivers of all time. You have probably seen his “Dear God” video from the Manx Rally where he drives so fast, gets so hot into a corner he nicks the wall and nearly loses it. His codriver does and the…

This past weekend was the 2014 Refuel races at Laguna Seca. The event was open to the all Electric Vehicles (EVs) which included OEM’s, electric conversions as well as purpose-built all-electric race cars. The cool part was the participants received free access to charging stations in between their track sessions! Imagine going to the track and…

Stories are circulating of adventures passed and untold from #NEFR14. We all know that #BRAKIM does NOT hide their awesome moments and offs, that is THE MOST FUN part of rally. Tthe rest is a video game of sorts once you’re all strapped in, we have stories but this time we prefer to tell it…

Build Race Party’s Matt Brandenburg was at the Susquehannock Trail Performance Rally(STPR) this past weekend in Wellsboro, PA. When I found him on The Green at Parc Expose Friday morning he and his co-driver Elliott Sherwood were in high spirits and full of the energy that seems to always accompany the…

The Continental Tire Sports Car Championship headlined the racing at Lime Rock Park, in Lakeville, Conn., on May 24 with BMW teams racing to two top-five finishes in the Street Tuner class and two top-10 finishes in the Grand Sport class. In a departure from the season’s opening three rounds…

Articles provided by Chad Lowers Day 1 It’s 1300 on May 2nd, 2014, and we’re late to the start. Tech inspection ends at 1600 and the drivers meeting beings immediately after. We’re definitely going to miss both. Not the best start to our first One Lap. I’m in the passenger seat…

Following two consecutive second place finishes in the opening rounds of the 2014 Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge series, John Edwards and Trent Hindman stepped on the top of the podium by winning today’s race at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Starting from a second consecutive Grand Sport class pole position…

Build Race Party photographer Jordan Apgar was on hand at the 2014 Empire State Performance Rally this past weekend in Rock Hill, New York. The Build Race Party logo made an appearance on Peter Guagenti and Matthew Rhoads’ BMW M3. Brakim Racing’s Matt Brandenburg and Elliott Sherwood showcased the Build Race…

Factory Five makes some cool kit cars if you’re not familiar with the Company. They’re primarily known for their Cobra kit based on the Mustang driveline, but they make other kits too and their latest is called the 818. I think because it weighs 818 kilograms or something. So it’s super…

Like its road-going equivalent, BMW’s newest two-door racer changes its name from M3 to M4. Slightly longer than last year’s M3, the tightly controlled requirements of the DTM series mean that on paper, the car is very similar to the old one: a 480-hp naturally aspirated 4.0-liter V8, a curb weight of just…

How much do you know about Sastamala, Finland? That is about what I knew, too. Until I found this video. It’s always a blast to watch in-car footage from rear-wheel drive rally cars, but it’s even more special when it’s a BMW E36 M3. Couple that with one hell of a…

I’m surprised there hasn’t been more accidents at the Nurburgring like the eight car pile up over the weekend. Nothing has changed about the track or its physical safety but the number of public lapping sessions have been significantly cut back since the new management took over. With the Nurburgring…

This Picture was taken in June only a few weeks before I crashed it at the Pikes Peak International Hillclimb and nearly destroyed the car. It will never be the same but the chassis and the car’s soul will continue to race. It’s been to One Lap with my sister…